GitHub Is Undergoing a Full-Blown Overhaul As Execs and Employees Depart (businessinsider.com)

mattydread23 writes: This is what happens when hot startups grow up. [GitHub] CEO Chris Wanstrath is imposing management structure where there wasn't much before, and execs are departing, partly because the company is cracking down on remote work. It's a lot like Facebook in 2009. Business Insider has the full inside story based on multiple sources in and close to the company.

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Re:Management structure and meritocracy

[AmiMoJo]

https://github.com/apple/swift/pull/165 people complaining about the labels Master/Slave, yes seriously

More interesting is why you object to it. It's a minor change, doesn't hurt you but makes some people more comfortable... I'm guessing your complaint (since you don't state it) is that you are offended by other people being offended, which is kind of ironic.

https://github.com/nodejs/TSC/issues/8 the banning of a user who used the eggplant emoji

In a thread about not posting dick jokes, a throwaway troll account posts a phallic emoji. The real tragedy is that the trolling worked and wasted far too much time when it could just have been banned and forgotten about in a few seconds.

https://github.com/womenwhocodedc/organization/issues/26 complaining about "Too many CIS(straight) White Men at WWCDC"

You should avoid using quotes if it isn't obvious that the text you quoted isn't actually from the link, but rather something you made up.

So it's a discussion about what to do if men show up at a private meeting for female programmers and start being disruptive. Basically what to do about trolls. The debate is insightful and comes to a reasonable conclusion: don't ban men, but have clear guidelines about what to do if anyone starts being disruptive or ignoring the code of conduct.

https://github.com/joyent/libuv/pull/1015 complaining about gendered pronouns

I think you mean "submitted a patch that changed two words, he -> they in two places". Again, why does this upset you? You seem to be offended by politeness.